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It seems a bit odd there isn’t a stud on the corner, but there must be one nearby. If you stick a long slim screwdriver or rod in can you find one on the adjacent wall? If so I’d be tempted to just try some long screws and attach directly to the stud, with spacers if necessary.

In a past life I had the task of finding ‘cheap and cheerful’ machinery for schools, and morticers were always a pain - good ones would come up now and then for a reasonable price around the £500-£750 area, but they were still relatively flimsy and the really cheap ones just weren’t worth the...

Nice work! I’d love to see it running.

I erected an oak fence with woven panels about 8 years ago, in England where it rains a lot. I didn’t treat it and it’s still in perfect condition. I did wrap the posts with these...

Do take care when handling and working with it - splinters can go septic and the dust is just as nasty https://www.wlwest.co.uk/species/greenheart-a-brief-guide-to-this-popular-construction-hardwood/

No, that’s a medieval torture device… it’s a bit of a chore doing the washing I agree, but it’s not that bad.

Reddit might be a better bet for an answer to that sort of question

Think we posted at the same time…

What about a hex 1/4” drive tap - readily available sourcing map Metric Machine Tap M5 Thread 0.8 Pitch H2 3 Flutes Hex Shank High Speed Steel https://amzn.eu/d/iCpGeGB Use 1/4” bit extensions Tap extensions are available but sounds like they might be too bulky...

It used to be they couldn’t pursue helmetless riders, I think that’s changed now but I imagine they’d be a bit reluctant

Have a look at this thread, I got some new tires from the US https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/inca-bandsaw-service.130664/

Could you not offer to sort the planning process (where required) as part of your price, to avoid hold ups?

I’m not following you, unless you’re imagining horizontal cladding? This will be vertical so hopefully all of it will drain off…

Well it’s arrived, could plane quite nicely but I think I’ll leave it rough. I may or may not get to this on the BH weekend, the steel on the other 3 sides has to go on yet.

So where is he supposed to keep his hexagonal objects?

Like the table saw idea, but no dado cutters - kindling definitely a bonus! Challenge accepted I think.

I’m back on the never ending garden workshop project. Found a couple of choices of cladding locally available in small quantities (I only need to cover 2.2m height x 4.8m clad vertically). UK grown larch, very knotty which I don’t like, but profiled at least or Douglas Fir which I like...

Love it, false backs to hide fixings? Great suggestions above. Make the fixings rock solid, even if it does seem a little over engineered…it would just be annoying if you had any doubt over what it might hold. I did a shelf spanning about 3m between 2 walls and didn’t want any visible fixings...

I picked up one of these at a steam fair last year, seems great for that sort of thing...

Finishing oil and wax worked well whatever it is